{"product_id":"crowds-community-and-contagion-in-sarah-lowndes-9781032040653","title":"Crowds, Community and Contagion in Contemporary Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCrowds, Community and Contagion in Contemporary Britain\u003c\/em\u003e presents the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to re-assess the neoliberal politics, xenophobia and racism that have undermined community cohesion in the United Kingdom since 1979, and which have continued largely unchecked through the last four decades.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuided by three interconnected ideas used throughout to scrutinise the meaning of culture as a way of life - Welsh cultural theorist Raymond Williams' structure of feeling, Jamaican-British sociologist Stuart Hall's conception of the conjuncture and Belgian political philosopher Chantal Mouffe's agonistic pluralism - Sarah Lowndes finds that a renewed sense of mutual regard and collective responsibility are necessary to meet the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. She begins by reflecting on public gatherings in Britain from 1945 to 2019, moving on to analyse five key examples of public gatherings affected by the pandemic in 2020 onwards: Chinese New Year, the UEFA Champions League Final, VE Day street parties, Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and the cancellation of Eid ul-Adha celebrations. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA thorough examination of how ideas proliferate and spread through our society, public sphere and collective consciousness, this book will appeal to scholars and upper-level students of cultural studies, cultural history, sociology and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Lowndes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032040653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032040653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Sarah Lowndes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44966439649535,"sku":"9781032040653","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ddd5b414-4490-40ab-a613-bcf2046a4d7d.jpg?v=1711159858","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crowds-community-and-contagion-in-sarah-lowndes-9781032040653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}